Category: News on Related Issues
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Phoenix Anarchists and O'odham youth protest toxic waste
Collin Sick, www.infoshop.org, October 17 2006 On October 12, 2006, Indigenous People’s Day, members from 7 valley groups stood outside of the Mexican consulate in Phoenix to say “No!” to a proposed chemical waste dump to be located outside the O’odham sacred village of Quitovac, in Mexico. The site would potentially treat and separate up…
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Aamir Khan advised to study science before claiming that Coke does not contain pesticides
Indo Asian News Service, October 18, 2006 Production and sale of Coca Cola was banned by the Indian state of Kerala in August 2006 Bhopal, Oct 18 (IANS) Anti-coke crusader and Centre for Science and Environment Director Sunita Narain has advised Bollywood star Aamir Khan to study science and then tell people whether the cold…
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Oak Ridge as asteroid magnet
Peter Stockton and Nick Schwellenbach, POGO.org “There are better odds that an asteroid would hit Oak Ridge than the likelihood that terrorists would have the access and time to build and detonate an IND [improvised nuclear device–pdf],” Y-12 National Security Complex spokesman Steven Wyatt told Los Angeles Times reporter Ralph Vartabedian in response to the…
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A Floating Chernobyl?
Bjorn Carey, Popular Science, October 15, 2006 The first reactor-on-a-barge will bring power to Russia’s electricity-starved Arctic Photo: Bob Sauls While the U.S. hems and haws over reviving nuclear energy as a less expensive alternative to oil, Russia has dug back 30 years in our nuclear history to find a solution for some of its…
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A Russian floating nuclear plant?
Roland Piquepaille, ZDNet, October 15, 2006 In A Floating Chernobyl?, Popular Science reports that two Russian companies plan to build the world’s first floating nuclear power plant to deliver cheap electricity to northern territories. The construction should start next year for a deployment in 2010. The huge barge will be home for two 60-megawatt nuclear…
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Cause of Apex fire may never be known
Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, October15, 2006 Burned barrels are left at the plant. Staff Photo by Ethan Hyman The lead investigator with the U.S. Chemical Safety Board said today the exact cause of the explosive fire a week ago at the Environmental Quality Co.’s chemical waste facility in Apex may never be known.…
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Few took notice of Apex warehouse: Neighbors, town unaware of risks until fire started
Toby Coleman, McClatchy Newspapers, October 15, 2006 APEX, N.C. – Few noticed the EQ Industrial Services Co. warehouse on Investment Boulevard until it turned into a volcano. Parents did not fret about sending children to gymnastics lessons next door to the inconspicuous building. A developer put up townhouses on a nearby parcel. Most in the…
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Anti-Posco agitators demonstrate before CM
The Times of India, October, 15 2006 BHUBANESWAR: About 150 people, majority of them women, led by Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar, on Sunday staged a demonstration outside the residence of Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here, opposing the establishment of the South Korean Posco steel project near Paradip. Shouting slogans against the Chief…
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Toxic waste settles down in Lowell
MARK KIESLING, NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES, OCTOBER 15, 2006 Whether it’s the ancient history of Watergate or the fresh headlines surrounding the congressional page scandal, people want to know the answer to the same question: “Who knew about this, and how early did they know it?” People also want those answers about the former Feddeler Landfill…
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Japan: Glacial help for asbestos victims
Masae Honma, Yomiuri Shimbun, October 14, 2006 Though six months have passed since legislation was passed to provide relief for sufferers of asbestos-related health problems, about 170 people have died while a decision on the validity of their condition was pending. The law provides financial aid to victims of asbestos-linked diseases who are not covered…
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Feds to review Agent Orange compensation package
CTV.CA, OCTOBER 13, 2006 OROMOCTO, N.B. — Veterans Affairs Minister Greg Thompson says he hopes to take a compensation package to federal cabinet this fall for people who say they were harmed by defoliant spraying at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown. Thompson says he expects the proposed compensation to be around $20,000 per person, but he…
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US veteran foundation signs deal with AO-stricken area
VIETNAM NEWS SERVICE, OCTOBER 12, 2OO6 Disabled children and Agent Orange victims participate in their speech class at a special education school in Thai Binh northern province, which received funding from the Viet Nam Veterans of America. VNS PHOTO: TA QUYNH HOA HA NOI — A memorandum of agreement for dioxin resolution initiatives in Viet…
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Thyroditis linked to fallout
PATRICE ST. GERMAIN, THE SPECTRUM, UTAH, OCTOBER 14, 2006 “Grable”, 15 kilotons, explodes at the Nevada Test Site, May 25, 1953. For pictures of other tests see below. PHOTO SOURCE: TRINITY ATOMIC WEBSITE HURRICANE – A study conducted by several agencies and researchers, including University of Utah professor Joseph L. Lyon, indicates a much stronger…
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Imagine Earth without people
NEW SCIENTIST, OCTOBER 12, 2OO6 Humans are undoubtedly the most dominant species the Earth has ever known. In just a few thousand years we have swallowed up more than a third of the planet’s land for our cities, farmland and pastures. By some estimates, we now commandeer 40 per cent of all its productivity. And…
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Find out what's in the Sudbury River Oct. 26
The Concord Journal, October 12, 2006 We’re very pleased that Massachusetts recently passed legislation to reduce pollution by products that contain mercury. On July 28 Gov. Mitt Romney signed into law the new bill that phases out the use of such mercury-containing products as thermostats, electrical switches, and blood-pressure cuffs. The new law further requires…